Sale reports / Virginia / Shenandoah Valley Livestock / 2023-08-05

Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Aug 5
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169
Receipts
519 head
47 vs last sale 472 16 vs year ago 503 · +3.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 201, Heifers 229, Bulls 89)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $208.14/cwt on 229 head.
Average price
$208.14
229 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,150
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$277
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.06
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563208.841,176129
Medium and Large 2543208.551,13353
Medium and Large 1-2578208.421,20531
Medium and Large 3448200.6389916thin
One grade step is worth $8.21/cwt here — about $277 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale229 hd
208.14
VA average10 barns · 1,268 hd
202.08
+6.06
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

59 lots · USDA AMS · Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Harrisonburg, VA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2498237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1803
HeifersMedium and Large 1753190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4313
SteersMedium and Large 2335225.00/cwt225.00–225.007541
SteersMedium and Large 2573219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,2555
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added827198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,63712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added895217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,94212
SteersMedium and Large 1325260.00/cwt260.00–260.008451
SteersMedium and Large 1380240.00/cwt240.00–240.009121
SteersMedium and Large 2376230.00/cwt230.00–230.008654
SteersMedium and Large 2-3568214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,2164
SteersMedium and Large 2420220.00/cwt220.00–220.009241
SteersMedium and Large 1573236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,35211
SteersMedium and Large 1524242.26/cwt227.50–246.001,26928
SteersMedium and Large 2535210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1246
SteersMedium and Large 1725219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5887
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added880198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,7421
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added732220.03/cwt217.00–221.001,61120
SteersMedium and Large 1770209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6093
SteersMedium and Large 2675220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4853
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1,053201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,11713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added649229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4868
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added776211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,63710
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added650190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2352
BullsMedium and Large 1-2735184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,3523
BullsMedium and Large 1512223.20/cwt205.00–241.001,14325
BullsMedium and Large 1426230.64/cwt215.00–245.0098311
BullsMedium and Large 1635212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3465
BullsMedium and Large 1320229.00/cwt229.00–229.007333
BullsMedium and Large 1564226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,27515
HeifersMedium and Large 2595203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,2087
BullsMedium and Large 2425221.00/cwt221.00–221.009394
BullsMedium and Large 2568204.24/cwt170.00–209.001,1608
BullsMedium and Large 3454175.00/cwt175.00–175.007955
BullsMedium and Large 2395210.00/cwt210.00–210.008301
BullsMedium and Large 1395215.00/cwt215.00–215.008492
HeifersMedium and Large 2512208.40/cwt202.00–211.001,06713
BullsMedium and Large 1656171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,1227
HeifersMedium and Large 2648195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2645
HeifersMedium and Large 2315190.00/cwt190.00–190.005991
HeifersMedium and Large 3371190.00/cwt190.00–190.007056
HeifersMedium and Large 3494207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,02310
HeifersMedium and Large 1543226.83/cwt206.00–235.001,23214
HeifersMedium and Large 1646192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,2408
HeifersMedium and Large 1880165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4521
HeifersMedium and Large 1382215.59/cwt205.00–219.008248
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,00912
HeifersMedium and Large 1440209.15/cwt200.00–210.0092016
HeifersMedium and Large 1577212.12/cwt195.00–219.001,22426
HeifersMedium and Large 2432213.18/cwt204.00–217.009217
HeifersMedium and Large 1676209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,41313
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added819185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5159
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added544225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2246
HeifersMedium and Large 1488207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,01025
SteersMedium and Large 1658223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4677
HeifersMedium and Large 2388216.74/cwt208.00–218.008418
SteersMedium and Large 1624239.62/cwt199.00–242.501,49538
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added690211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,45612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added708199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,40915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added437215.00/cwt215.00–215.009404

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.